Black Excellence within the Black Experience of TV and Film
Idris Elba is reprising his role as DCI John Luther for the film continuation of the BBC One series Luther. The film, titled Luther: The Fallen Sun is scheduled to be released in March 2023, by Netflix. Elba stars as Luther, a brilliant detective who always seems to be walking the line between serving justice […]
Amazon Studios announced on Monday that it has closed a four-picture film deal Tyler Perry. Under his pact with the studio he will write, direct, and produce four features that will be released on Prime Video which is in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. READ: 14 of the Blackest Movies to Watch on […]
Remember her name. Irene Cara. Rest in Peace Irene Cara. The singer and actress passed away Nov 26. She was 63. Cara’s publicist, Judith A. Moose, announced her passing via the singer’s Twitter account early Saturday morning. “It is with profound sadness that on behalf of her family I announce the passing of Irene Cara,” […]
Black Mafia Family/BMF is inspired by the true story of two brothers of the Flenory brothers — Meech and Terry — who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980’s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in this country. READ: 50 Cent is Producing Adaptation of […]
Blackest movies to watch on Black Friday. If the black experience was told through movies, what movies would you pick? How would you describe life in the hood or the suburbs? Or what is it like for a typical black family, or what about entrepreneurship? There are so many facets to one black person and […]
CBS is developing multi-camera family comedy, The Hilsons from Malik Sanon, Cedric the Entertainer, production companies Kapital Entertainment and TrillTV, and studio CBS Studios. Sanon wrote the comedy which centers on a mother and her two adult sons who thought they knew each other until they are forced to live under the same roof for […]
Everyone knows Salli Richardson-Whitfield for her acting career. She was unforgettable in Low Down Dirty Shame, was a series regular on Eureka and has had big and small roles on some of your favorite shows and movies since her first role in the 1991 film, Up Against the Wall. READ: 9 Movies Sidney Poitier Directed […]
Allow us to introduce you to Ian Foreman, the young star in the new Showtime series Let The Right One In. Inspired by the original best-selling Swedish novel and film, the series centers on a forever 12-year-old Eleanor (Madison Taylor Baez) who lives a closed-in life after being turned into a vampire 10 years prior. […]
Amazon’s Alex Cross series led by Aldis Hodge has found its opening director with Nzingha Stewart. Stewart is attached to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of Cross, which is based on James Patterson’s series of novels by the same name. READ: Aldis Hodge to Star in Romantic Heist Film Marmalade Oppositte Joe […]
TI, Joseph Sikora, Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, Terrence J, Ruby Modine, Annie Ilonzeh, Jessica Allain, and Iddo Goldberg are all starring in Deon Taylor’s horror picture Fear. Deon Taylor directed and co-write the psychological thriller about a celebratory weekend turning into a nightmare alongside John Ferry. Fear hits theaters on January 27, 2023 READ: Black […]